Nurses in the Prevention and Control of Indiscriminate Use of Neuropsychopharmaceuticals in the Elderly

PRAIA Raquel de Souza^1*, RIBEIRO Euler Esteves², MAIA-RIBEIRO Ednéa Aguiar³, ARAÚJO Arthenize Riame Praia, G. C.⁴, ONETI Ciro Felix⁵, NETA Inez Siqueira Santiago⁶, MUNIZ Orleilso Ximenes⁷, BORGES Helyanthus Frank da Silva⁸, FREITAS Alexandre Gama⁹, NASCIMENTO João Batista do¹⁰, AZEVEDO Midian Barbosa¹¹, CUNHA Fabrícia da Silva¹¹, SOUSA Warllison Gomes de¹²

¹Coordinator of the Biosafety Nucleus of CBMAM (Amazon Military Fire Department), Health Officer - Nurse, Master in Gerontology-UFSM
²PhD in Gerontology from PUC-RS; Rector of FUnATI (Open University Foundation for the Elderly)
³Co-advisor of the Saúde em Casa FUnATI/UEA Project, Physician, PhD in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences
⁴Nurse from Universidade Paulista (UNIP/AM), former member of the Saúde em Casa Project UNATI/UEA, Nursing Technician at EBSERH/HUGV-AM
⁵Master in Science Education in the Amazon by UEA, Nurse by EEM/UFAM, Research Assistant at FUNATI
⁶Nurse by EEM/UFAM, Research Assistant at FUnATI/UEA
⁷Colonel QOBM, General Commander CBMAM, Spec. in Public Safety
⁸Colonel QOBM, General Deputy Commander of CBMAM, Spec. in Public Safety
⁹Colonel QOBM, Chief of General Staff (CHEMG) of CBMAM, Spec. in Public Safety
¹⁰TC, director of DS at CBMAM, Specialist in Public Security by UNINA and graduated in Mathematics by UEA
¹¹3rd Sgt QCPBM, Member of the CBMAM Biosafety Nucleus, Esp. in Public Safety
¹²Corporal QPBM, Member of the Office of the General Commander of CBMAM, Specialist in Public Security, Member of the CBMAM Biosafety Center

Dr. PRAIA Raquel de Souza. Universidade Aberta da Terceira Idade (UnATI/ UEA). Av. Brasil, s/n. Compensa.

Keywords: Prevention; Health

Abstract

Mental illnesses are on the rise among the elderly in our country, and it is an important point related to the nutritional problems. This is a bibliographic review with the aim of reaching in a greater understanding of how the level of good nutrition can be disparaged in old people when they are suffering from any type of mental disorder. Our conclusion is: the impacts in these cases are enormous and the nurses, in cooperation with the other professionals of health, can change this situation. Polypharmacy is another major risk and deserves a lot of our regular attention.

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